formalizarse
Spanish, verb[foɾmaliˈsaɾse]
formalizarse is spelled F-O-R-M-A-L-I-Z-A-R-S-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish, the 101,597th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Formalizarse is a Spanish verb meaning “infinitive of formalizar combined with se” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ponerse serio, haciendo aprecio de una cosa que acaso se dijo por chanza o sin intención de ofender”.
What does formalizarse mean in English?
verb
- 1
infinitive of formalizar combined with se
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Ponerse serio, haciendo aprecio de una cosa que acaso se dijo por chanza o sin intención de ofender.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of formalizarse
- haberse formalizado impersonal infinitive
- formalizándose impersonal gerund
- habiéndose formalizado impersonal gerund
- formalizado impersonal participle
- me formalizo first-person singular indicative
- te formalizas second-person singular indicative
- te formalizás second-person singular vos-form
- se formaliza third-person singular indicative
- nos formalizamos first-person plural indicative
- os formalizáis second-person plural indicative
- se formalizan third-person plural indicative
- me formalizaba first-person singular indicative
- te formalizabas second-person singular indicative
- se formalizaba third-person singular indicative
- nos formalizábamos first-person plural indicative
- os formalizabais second-person plural indicative
- se formalizaban third-person plural indicative
- me formalicé first-person singular indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce formalizarse?
- [foɾmaliˈsaɾse]
- [foɾmaliˈθaɾse]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is formalizarse in Spanish?
formalizarse appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).